runwayinuse

KIAH George Bush Intcntl/Houston

8R
CONFIRMED 99%

Runways 8R, 9 and 8L — assigned by ATIS (information H)

certainty: 99% evidence: STRONG towered now Class B

N 8R 26L 9 27 8L 26R 15L 33R 15R 33L

Wind calm · VFR · 56 min old · from K6R3 (28.4 nm away)

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8R 33% 9402 ft
9 33% 10000 ft
8L 32% 9000 ft
15L 0% 12001 ft
33R <1% 12001 ft
15R <1% 10000 ft
26L <1% 9402 ft
27 <1% 10000 ft
33L <1% 10000 ft
26R <1% 9000 ft

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS until 02-28 20:00Z 
STAR GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL/HOUSTON, HOUSTON,
TX. GILCO FIVE ARR...GIRLY TO KUGLE MEA RAISED TO 8000FT. HRV LEV
AND SJI TRANSITION: GPS REQUIRED. LEV VOR U/S.
Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 8R

Runway 9

Runway 8L

Runway 15L

Runway 33R

Runway 15R

Runway 26L

Runway 27

Runway 33L

Runway 26R

Sources consulted

sourcestatus agenote
D_ATISOK 51 min
METAROK 56 min Nearest station K6R3 (28.4 nm away)
ADSBOK 0 min GOOD
NOTAMOK
CIFPNOT_CONFIGURED Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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KIAH field & runways

George Bush Intcntl/Houston, Houston, Texas. Field elevation 96 ft. Class B airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 3.0°E on record, 1.7°E today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.08°/year west — about 1° every 12 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against today's declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
RunwayTrueMagnetic Number LengthSurfacePattern Notes
15L 152.1° 150.4° matches rule gives runway 16 in ~57 yr 12,001 ft CONC left
15R 152.1° 150.4° matches rule gives runway 16 in ~58 yr 10,000 ft CONC ILS
26L 269.9° 268.3° runway 27 by the rule today · 8.3° past 9,402 ft CONC left ILS
26R 269.9° 268.3° runway 27 by the rule today · 8.3° past 9,000 ft CONC ILS
27 270.0° 268.3° matches 10,000 ft CONC ILS
33L 332.1° 330.4° matches rule gives runway 34 in ~58 yr 10,000 ft CONC
33R 332.1° 330.4° matches rule gives runway 34 in ~57 yr 12,001 ft CONC left ILS
8L 90.0° 88.3° runway 9 by the rule today · 8.3° past 9,000 ft CONC ILS
8R 90.0° 88.3° runway 9 by the rule today · 8.3° past 9,402 ft CONC left ILS
9 90.0° 88.3° matches 10,000 ft CONC ILS

What KIAH usually does

Of 488 operations this service has observed at KIAH since 2026-08-25:

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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